NGT Influencer Interviews: Czech Republic

February 26th, 2008 by NGT

In this week’s Influencer Interviews, courtesy of Monika Vesela of FH-Prague, five young Czechs tell us what’s hitting their radars. While this group is less into social networks and TV than others, they are big on fun, fashion, healthy living, and, in some cases, themselves.

Name: Barbora Bobkova
Age: 28
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation: Account Manager at advertising agency
Place to shop: Zara
Reading material: Prose
Social Networks: Facebook
Website: http://www.seznam.cz
Band/artist: Robbie Williams
Spare time activity: Skiing
TV show: Contests like “Superstar”
Actor/Actress: Bruce Willis
Technology: Mobile phones
Trend: Mainstream use of modern technologies

Name: Eva Bendlova
Age: 21
Occupation: Student
Place to shop: Carhartt
Reading material: I don’t read very frequently. I read mostly non-fiction literature but also enjoy fiction by Agatha Christie, Elfriede Jelineck, and Paolo Coelho
Social Networks: MySpace, Nix
Websites: www.emule-project.net, www.educarex.es, groups.google.com, groups.yahoo.com
Band/artist: Madonna, electronic/dance music
Spare time activity: Having fun
TV show: Political debates, I don’t watch a lot of TV.
Actor/Actress: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis, Nicole Kidman, Sigourney Weaver
Technology: Not crazy for new technology
Trend: Being considerate

Name: Pavla Svetlikova
Age: 25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation: PR Account Executive
Places to shop: Zara, Mango, H&M, Berschka, Destroy, Humanic, Esprit, Yves Rocher, Homeart, Ikea, second-hand/vintage shops
Reading materials: News, marketing and lifestyle magazines, short stories, novels
Social Networks: Hi5, LinkedIn
Websites: News-related websites like www.netvibes.com. It’s hard to list the websites I go to because there are a lot of them and they change frequently over time.
Band/artist: Incognito, Yvonne Sanchez, Salif Keita, George Michael, Bebel Gilberto
Spare time activity: Photography, writing, graphic design, capoeira, horseback riding, dancing, traveling, music
TV show: I don’t watch that much TV. I watch movies and the news.
Actor/Actress: George Clooney, Angelina Jolie
Technology: iPod
Trend: Healthy living

Name: Stepan Jodas
Age: 25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation: Media buyer
Place to shop: Calvin Klein
Reading material: Robert Ludlum
Social network: None
Websites: www.YouTube.com
Band/artist: Kanye West, Snow Patrol, Maroon 5, ATD
Spare time activity: Golf
TV show: Anything on the Travel Channel
Actor/Actress: Will Smith, Daniel Craig, Cameron Diaz, Natasha Henstridge, Kate Beckinsale
Technology: iPod, Mac, N95
Trend: Myself

Name: Veronika Kozlikova
Age: 28
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation: Marketing Manager
Places to shop: Esprit, NEXT, Clinique
Reading material: Novels by E.M. Remarque, David Brown
Social network: None
Websites: Wedding-related websites and Google
Band/artist: U2, Bono, Vox
Spare time activity: Yoga
TV show: Prison Break
Actor/Actress: Karel Roden
Technology: iPod
Trends: Sudoku, Kakuro